Question

context
ms. henry told our history class that the european union (eu) authorized very different sanctions or official responses to actions in two nations. in the first country, the eu offered a sanction or approval of a promising new technology. the second country had broken human rights laws, so the eu placed sanctions or legal penalties that limited trade with that nation. so the eu sanctions or formal answers supported the first countrys actions and officially accepted restrictions on the second country. i guess thats kind of like when ms. henry gave me a good grade for my hard work on my last project and my friend a bad grade when they didnt do it.
quiz: what is an example of a sanction?
a. a leaders recent statement with which some people disagreed.
b. a process that involves asking voters questions about the current government.
c. a governments official action that approves a specific level of aid to another country.
word ingredients
sanct - holy
-ion - act, state, or result of doing something
when you sanction an activity, you put it into a \holy state,\ and thus approve of it; a sanction, therefore, is either something \made holy,\ hence \approved,\ or put in place to force a nation to \become holy\ again.
word theater
men in black
he can only wear clothes sanctioned by his employers.

Explanation:

The text defines sanctions as official responses, either approvals or legal penalties. Option c describes a government - approved action (aid approval), which fits the definition of a positive type of sanction as described in the context. Options a and b do not match the definition of sanctions as official responses related to approval or penalty.

Answer:

C. A government's official action that approves a specific level of aid to another country.